تسلمت هذه الرسالة منذ عدة أسابيع: "إلى الملكة رانيا العبد الله .... أنا اسمي ليث في الصف الثاني  والعام كنت الرابع عالصف لأنه باقي الصف شاطرين مثلي جلالتك زرتي مدرستي بس ما قابلتك ودخلتي على صفي أنا أحب مدرستي وأتمنى أن تزورينا مرة ثانية وأتمنى أن تكون …

Open Minds: The time has come for a new global narrative, declares Queen Rania of Jordan Picking up a book is one of the cheapest entertainments around. The simple act of reading — what you are doing now — has been characterised as everything from a …

Vincent van Gogh, once said that “Conscience is a man’s compass.” The annual Edelman Trust Barometer suggestion the majority of global opinion leaders believe that business plays a role that no other institution can, in addressing social and environmental …

Last year, 60 million women around the world gave birth without professional care. More than half a million of them died. Think, for a moment, about that number. One woman. Every minute. Every day. They are women like Sharifa, just 23, from Afghanistan, …

Slippery hands. Tree bark. Tugboats. You won't find these in UNESCO's Global Monitoring Report being launched this week in Ottawa. The report tells us how the world is doing at reaching our Education for All goals. It says 72 million aren't in school. It …

In 1631, a beautiful empress, Mumtaz Mahal, died while giving birth to her 14th child. Overwhelmed by grief, her husband constructed a monument in her honour: the Taj Mahal, today one of the best-known buildings in the world. And yet, while the Taj …

When we think of war, we think of soldiers. But they’re not the only ones facing violence and death. Tragically, children and schools are too often on the front lines as well. No wonder, then, that half of all out-of-school children live in fragile or …

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – London) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah met with the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister David Cameron in London on Friday. They discussed ways to help Jordan address the challenges created by hosting 1.4 …

I'm happy to be joining you for the second year, and I welcome all the teachers who have joined us this year, both from Jordan and the Arab World. This is your conference, and today I am your guest! I am always happy to be in the presence of teachers who …

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Amman) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah honored today a group of schools accredited by the Royal Health Awareness Society’s (RHAS) Healthy Schools Program during RHAS 10th anniversary celebration. The Healthy …